Your specific language goals are:
- to gain confidence in speaking the language (presentations, interviews)
- to develop accuracy in grammar and syntax
- to understand and extract information from a written document (essay, dissertation, correspondence, report)
- to expand vocabulary (word-building, expressions, idioms)
- to increase speed of reaction (absorb information, process and respond)
- to improve fluency in the language for exam success at college, university or business school
How OISE will help you achieve your goals
The
course concentrates on stimulating fast and accurate reactions so that
the use of the language rapidly becomes instinctive. Students are
exposed to a structured programme:
- purpose-designed grammar drilling exercises to develop the ability to write accurately in a range of styles and registers
- interactive
and dynamic oral practice sessions to encourage the expression of ideas
and opinions, incorporating new vocabulary and idioms as well as
manipulating sophisticated and more complex language structures
- comprehension
skills are developed using a wide variety of carefully selected written
texts including newspaper and journal articles and literary texts
- listening
exercises of authentic materials to enable students to sharpen their
comprehension skills, improve their pronunciation and increase their
ability to think in the language.
Extra support is at hand
during individual preparation and consolidation times, to help students
with any difficult linguistic points.
To study General Spanish, OISE offers the following types of course: